Top NYC skater known as Michael Jordan of the sport sues streetwear giant Supreme for eye-popping $26M, claims brand destroyed his career

Streetwear giant Supreme killed a major sponsorship deal with a top pro skateboarder — and then spread “malicious” rumors blaming him for the fallout, a new $26 million lawsuit alleges. Tyshawn Jones, a 26-year-old pro-skater from the Bronx hailed as the best in the sport, is suing Supreme for not just arbitrarily killing his $1 million-a-year deal — and his 13-year relationship with the brand — but also for “destroying” his young career by effectively blacklisting him, his bombshell suit claims.“I am saddened it has come to this, but I have a duty to myself and my career, and feel a responsibility to the next generation of skateboarders to stand up for what is right,” Jones told The Post on Monday.“Supreme’s success has been shaped in large part by the contributions of young talent, and I believe those contributions deserve to be respected.”Jones — a worldwide phenom considered by many to be the “Michael Jordan of the sport” — is known for his impressive skating feats across New York City — a talent that Supreme picked up on early when it offered him a sponsorship when he was only 13.But after Supreme killed the deal last September — in an alleged effort to quickly shed costs — other brands started backing away from Jones, too, he claims in his lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.Supreme allegedly “told multiple third parties ‘Tyshawn was kicked off Supreme’ for breaching his agreement with them,” citing a photoshoot last year where Jones was dressed in another brand’s clothes, the suit states.But Supreme had never raised concerns in the past over similar photoshoots — and actually kicked Jones to the curb in a desperate effort to ditch its debt and stock obligations to the skater before the company was to be sold to eyewear giant Luxottica, the suit alleges.“Supreme’s termination is pretext for cost-cutting,” the filing claims.“Doubling down on their bad faith and willful breach Supreme, throu...